Hypothalamic supramammillary neurons that project to the medial septum control wakefulness
Liang, M.; Jian, T.; Jin, W.; Chen, Q.; Yang, X.; Wang, R.; Xiao, J.; Yang, Z.; Liao, X.; Chen, X.; Wang, L.; Qin, H.
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The hypothalamic supramammillary nucleus (SuM) plays a key role in controlling wakefulness, but the downstream target regions participating in this control process remain unknown. Here, using circuit-specific fiber photometry and single-neuron electrophysiology together with electroencephalogram, electromyogram and behavioral recordings, we find approximately half of SuM neurons that project to the medial septum (MS) are wake-active. Optogenetic stimulation of axonal terminals of SuM-MS projection induces a rapid and reliable transition to wakefulness from NREM or REM sleep, and chemogenetic activation of SuMMS projecting neurons significantly increases wakefulness time and prolongs latency to sleep. Consistently, chemogenetically inhibiting these neurons significantly reduces wakefulness time and latency to sleep. Therefore, these results identify the MS as a functional downstream target of SuM and provide evidence for a causal role for this hypothalamic-septal projection in wakefulness control.
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